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How to sort a python dictionary by keys

I am a fan of hash tables when I need to implement logic that augments computation results to a common data structure that need to be used across several function bodies. The ability of the hash table in providing constant access by key helps me in keeping my logic from taking too much time to complete.

Python’s version of hash tables are known as a dictionaries or associative arrays. Apart from augmenting computation results to values of my Python dictionaries, one common task that I often perform is sorting the results by the dictionary keys. In this post, I document how I can sort my Python dictionary by its keys.